LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 
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The European species are the type of the preceding characters, 
some of which are occasionally modified, as is noticed in the 
descriptions of the exotic species. 
1. SPHECI A APIFORMIS. 
Nigro-cyanea ; caput supra flavum lateribus anticis albis ; palpi 
Jlavi ; antennae subtus ferruginea ; thorax flavo quadrimacu - 
latus , disco ferrugineo ; abdomen f asciis apieeque Jlavis ; 
pedes lutei ; aloe limpidee ciliis purpureis , costa venisque 
rufescentibus. 
. , Linn. Faun. Suec. ed. 1, 813. Harris , Exp. 15, 
pi. 3, f. 7; V. M. 31. Fuessl. Ent. Mag. pi. 1, f. A. Deg. 
Ins . ii. 1, 163, 3, pi. 2, f. 11. Engr. Pap. d’Eur. iii. 32, pi. 
91, f. 121, 122. 
Sphinx Apiformis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 804, 29 ; Faun. Suec. 289, 
1093. Clerck, Icon. i. pi. 9, f. 2. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 156, 12 ; 
Mant. Ins. ii. 99, 12. Sulz. Ins. 152, pi. 20, f. 6. Gmel. ed. 
Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2388, 29. Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. i. 55, 
pi. 25. Lewin , Linn. Trans, iii. pi. 3, f. 1 — 5. Steiv. El. Nat. 
Hist. ii. 139. Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 180. Haw. Lep. Brit. 68. 
Esp. Schmett. ii. 122’, pi. 14, f . 2 ; 207 , pi. 29, f. 2, 3 ; 230, 
234, pi. 36, f. 2, 3, 4, 11. Bork. Ear. Schmett. ii. 47, 17 ; 132, 
16. Rhein. Mag. i. 312, 136. Mull. Zool. Dan. 116, 1341. 
Fuessl. A. Mag. i. 101, 120, 132, pi. 1, f. A; N. Mag. ii. 2, 
200, 1 ; iii. 2, 142. Schw. Ins. 33, 624. Brahm, Ins. Kal. 
13, 7. Lang . Verz. ii. 73, 581—583. Schwarz , Raup. 360. 
Sphinx Vespiformis, H'ufn. Berl. Mag. ii. 2, 184, 14. Naturf. vii. 
105, 14 ; xviii. 222, pi. 5, f. 7, 8. 
Sphinx Sireciformis, Esp . Schmett. ii. 208, pi. 29, f. 4, 5. Bork. Eur. 
Schmett. ii. 132, 49, 18. 
Sphinx scopigera, Scop. Ent. Cam. 477. 
Sphinx Crabroniformis, Wein. Verz. Schmett. 305, 44, 2. Hubn. 
Samml . Eur . Schmett. 92, 22, pi. 8, f. 51. Illig. N. Ausg. 
dess. i. 26, 2. 
Sesia Apiformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, 382, 13. Sehrank y Faun. 
Boic. ii. 1, 233, 1397. Laspeyres , Ses. Eur. 7, 1. Vieweg, 
Tab. Verz. i. 143. Rossi , Faun. Etr. ii. 164, 1060; Ed. 
Illig. 264, 1060. Schccff. Icon. Nomencl. Panz. 113, pi. Ill, 
f 2, 3. God. Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. iii. 78, pi. 21, f. 1. Treit. 
Hulf. Schmett. 153, 1. Ochs. Schmett. von Eur. ii. 121, 1. 
Boisd. Did. Meth. 44, 367. Chenu , Enc. I Hist. Nat. Pap. 
239, f. 411. 
